Clues to multiple vaccine
Flu relief The 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic infected an estimated 60 million people and hospitalized more than 250,000 in the USA. But, it brought with it informatics clues about how to make a vaccine that could protect against multiple strains of influenza. Influenza type A (H1N1) virus is a strain of influenza that emerged widely […]
Rugby hospital stops routine visiting
All routine visiting and admissions to a hospital have been stopped due to the norovirus bug affecting three wards. The decision over the Hospital of St Cross in Rugby was not taken lightly, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust said. Read more at the BBC
Winter vomiting bug closes ward at Ninewells
The winter vomiting bug has forced the closure of another ward in Tayside. Ward 3 at Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, has been closed to new admissions after several cases of norovirus. Read more
Norovirus strikes in Good Hope Hospital, Birmingham
From the Birmingham Mail: A WARD at a Birmingham hospital has been shut to new patients and visitors after an outbreak of winter sickness bug norovirus. Patients and staff on Ward 17 at Good Hope Hospital, in Sutton Coldfield, have been put in isolation following an outbreak on Sunday. (read article here) In the meantime […]
Norovirus at Ninewells Hospital.
The winter vomiting bug has forced the closure of two more wards to new admissions at Ninewells Hospital. The action was taken at ward five – which treats medical patients – and ward seven – a surgical ward – over the weekend. Two further wards – 31 and two – remain shut to new patients […]
